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Re: Blown Head gasket?

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Blown Head gasket?
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-to: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Substitute my name in there and that's what mine was
doing.  Been too hot and traveling too much to even
check compression.  Stay tuned.


--- Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com> wrote:
> Collective list wisdom
> 
> My daughter comes home and her 1275 sounds like it
> has an exhaust leak.
> Quick check, no leak.
> Turns out the exhaust is coming out of the Weber
> Carb.
> OK, a compression check shows about 40 PSI on #2 and
> #3.
> Am I safe to assume she blew a head gasket?
> 
> It's just too hot tonight to be pulling a head.
> I hoping for suggestions like maybe 2 valves out of
> adjustment but I
> know that's wishfull thinking.
> 
> Maybe after dinner I'll yank the head.
> Why am I asking, I know what it is, and if it's
> anything worse, I still
> have to yank the head. But why did it blow? That is
> the big question!
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Bugeye Sprite
> 67 Sprite
> 59 A40
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
> 

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